Folk Feet Dance Workshops: Ukrainian Folk Vechornytsi

11/20/08

6:00PM - 9:00PM

Photo: Eileen Condon

The Center for Traditional Music and Dance, in collaboration with Brooklyn Arts Council, presents Ukrainian Folk Vechornytsi (Ukrainian Village Dance Party).

BROOKLYN UKRAINIAN RESTAURANT
1223 Avenue U (Ave U stop right off the Q Train,
between E. 12th Street and Homecrest)

Join us for the first Vechornytsi�Ukrainian Village Dance Party in BROOKLYN with Ukrainian dance master Tamara Chernyakhovska and live Ukrainian mountain music by Andriy Milavsky and Cheres. The Vechornytsi recreates the spirit of traditional Ukrainian village dance parties, with delicious Ukrainian food and instructions for children and adults to learn dances such as pleskan, arkan, hop-and-kick polka, hutsulka, and more!

Dance Instruction 6-7:00 PM
Dance Party 7-9 PM (All Ages Welcome)

$10 for Adults / $5 for Children
or $15 for buffet dinner & admission

For reservations call 212-571-1555 ext. 35.

Major support for the Center for Traditional Music and Dance�s Ukrainian Wave Initiative was provided by the National Endowment for the Arts Heritage and Preservation Program, the New York State Council on the Arts, a State agency, the NYC Department of Cultural Affairs, American Express Company, and Con Edison. Presented in cooperation with Brooklyn Arts Council�s Folk Feet Dance Workshops, made possible, in part, by Con Edison, Mertz Gilmore Foundation, Rockefeller Brothers Fund, and The New York Community Trust.

Related Categories

Dance, Folk / Traditional Arts, Traditional / Culturally Specific